European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Capt. Ken l Inguardi. Commander of co a. 50im support in. Shows German Ken ii isl Lar. We Hecker and Luru Haus umilainimile.1 area due. Up alter Hie fuel spill. Fuel truck spills 850 Gallons in Man Uever area he l i i Kim a i i i he Slaff writer Schwa Llast ii gel and. West Germany about 850 billions of diesel be i cd i a i s ring Luck Ruck tuesday night in i i fueling site Lor the military training sex Cicioc int Jinni shield a. Military old vials said wednesday u s soldiers staffing the refuelling site or Vail with West German authorities Laic and can essay to contain and clean up the spill and assess the dam age according to a spokesman Lor enl Urton shield. The leak was disc Rcd about 7 45 p m. Tuesday Ina 5.000-gallon Tanker truck packed at the refuelling site started b the 501 is support in. 1st army div. Said Mai John top. Or. A division spokesman. The sue is located on a Hardtop sur face Ghoul Lour Miles irom to find. Northeast of Siu Ligari. Soldiers Wor Keil with Limu Rul lire depart ment Mcm Beix to Lon Liol the spa with materials. Canup operations Loii Linurd wednesday As worker him digging up contaminated soil and Asphalt. Vvhs h vill be Uit Ned in an Iipp crowd dump sue. Sad Cooper. Urc Decker a geologist with the West German de sense ministry spent part of wednesday morning sur Vevig the spill samples of the soil will be tested to determine the extent of contamination he said the fact thai the spill occurred on a hard surface. Instead of Loose Earth or Sand helped inhibit the extent of contamination he said. It has been Decker said. We need to find out the extent of Oil within the refuelling Siles used during Centurion shield Are approved in Advance by West German authorities. Cooper said the site involved in the spill contained Lour gallon fuel trucks. Military officials said Icv would re locale the refuelling Center to another sue. . Authorities Are investigating inc incident. Since 1980. The United Stales has paid an average of $28.8 million a year in Man Euver damage claims set. John Mailer my of co a. La isl support in. Ranii Becker Ruhl of the German geophysical office sniffs for throughout West germans Centurion shield s use of computer simulation Tor Maji portions of the exercise is expected to reduce Man Euver damage during the reformer certain Challenge 88 exercises in fall 1vs8. The most serious Luck spill reported involved a truck Accident near Schiilling furst. According to a i s army Europe fact Sheet. Aboul 390 Gallons pcs special pads that absorbed the fuel. Go Loisl i a fuel contamination in a handful of Dirl. Were spilled in that Accident. As of sept 30 i4s1. Man Euver damage Glamis settled by i sri r Lor inc re forger certain Challenge xxx exercises Cost the United Stales sx.7 million according to the 1 Sar Fiur statement. Tor thai exercise. Inc gunned states agreed to pay 80 percent of damages with West Germany paying 15 percent and Anada 5 percent
